The North Wales Express

The Welsh Hospital for South Africa. The Wekh hospital staff, which consist- entirely of Welsh surgeons, dresser and nurses, left Waterloo Station, London, on Saturday morning. A considerable num* ber of friends attended at the station, in- cluding Sir John Williams (chairman of the committee), and Lady Williams, Sir D^vi'l Evans (treasurer) and Lady Evans, Mr Wynne (lord lieutenant of Merioneth), Pro- fessor Frederick Roberts, and Professor Al- fred Hughes (organising secretary). The staff were accompanied by Sir David and Lady Evans and Professor Hughes to South- ampton, where they embarked on the "Can- ada," which also conveys the entire Üp- meut of the hospital. j,¡WA.'ø

crossing the river about 100 yards from the castle on the Junction line. The tide was on the ebb, and was flowing out strongly. All at once he threw up his hands—he was up to his waist in water—and sank.. Witness went. for assistance. Richard Williams, employed at the foundry, Rhuddlan, deposed that he was fishing with the deceased, who said he had caught nothing, and intended to cro.ss the river. Dr Thomas, Rhyl, said he had attended the deceased during the last two years for heart disease. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."

HEALTH AND THE HOUSEHOLD. t OOOKERY RECIPES. r MENU. New Motion Broth. f Modi Whitebait. Harieat Mutfcc*. M»Ae<i Potato. Rhubarb and Ginger Pudding. Cheese Toawt. New Motion Broth.—Out 2]b. of the ecrag or any other lean part of mutton in tan or twelve pieces, put in » pan with 2-oa. of f-»t, two t-ea- flpoonfuls of salt, half a teaepoonful of peppar, a pint of wwter, two mi-ddl-nzed onions, and a frood toacnpful of pearl barley. Put it on the fere, stir round until it is reduced, mowt-en with five pints of water, boil, and skim; simmer two (tours and serve. Mode Whitebait.—Flatten out some fillets of ■wJtttrog on a floured board, and with a sharp knife cot them into stripe of about the size of large whitebait. Flour a ekitih well and toss the strips of fish ligirtiy in it, until they are iboraotfhly coated with the flour. Have ready 10 a saucepan a good supply of suet, melted; fdwse some of the whitebait" in a wire frying basket, taking care not to put in too many at a time, and when the fat is boiling, phiage the basket into it; directly the fish be-" comes & pale golden ootour remove the pan to drain, and then turn the contends on to a dieh covered with eoft paper, and M the fish dry white the remainder is cooked the fat must be boiled up every time before the basket is im- JIJIenIbd in it. When ready sprinkle a little eaywme and a diA of fine salt over the white- bait," and serve them with thin brown bread- atod-batter and lerooij out into small pieces. fhricot Muttom --4Dut as many cutlets as are If from a neck of mutton and trim them nearly, leaving only tmiail quantity of fat, and flour them lightly. Put two ounces of clarified dripprng into a stew-pan with a few slices of oftion when. the fat boils, put in the cutlets and fry th-em Over -a clean: fire until they are just browned on both arides, then remove them and ;p!ace them on paper to drain. Pour off a little of the fbt in which the eutiets were fried, and atir an ounce of lour into the pan; when it is 'weotl mixed poor in a pint of weak stock, or r, a-nd tir until it boils; add salt, pepper. tittle nutmeg, a Wg-e teaspoonful of sauce, and sufficient Parutan Essence to make the sauce a rich brown. Strain the sa-uoe and return it to the pan, place the fried cutlets in it and let them srmmer very gently for half-an-hour. Out tfpooe large or two small earrote, and a turnip, which have been wNhed and prepared: slioe them or cut them into fancy shapes at the end «fbaJf-an -h our add the vegetables, with about a doeen button omonu (peeled), and some butter beam which have been well soaked, cover the pan closely and stew the meat and vegetables »ltTwry for one hour and a half. Arrange the cutle* r-nd a hot dish, put the vegetables in the mtddfe, sprinkle some chopped parsley over w»e«o and strain the sauce over the cutlets. Mashed Potatoes.—Cook the potatoes as above, maish with a large fork, or squeeee (through a fruit press, add a little saJt. put into » warm d-itih "'form into a smooth mound, iay a lump of butter on top, and dust with pepper. Rhubarb and Guige- Pudding. --Greas* a pud- ding baan or plain mould, and line it with slices of bread. Stew some rhubarb, with sugar to a teaspooaful of powdered Sanger. Whilst still hot, pour the stewed fruit on to the bread, covar with a piece of bread, eat to size of the top of the basin. Piace a eauceT or small plate on the top of the pudding, and press it with a hAvy weight. When cold, turn out and serve with a plain, custard. Lemon rind. chopped small, may be substituted for the finger, if iiked. Cheese Toast.—Put half an ounce of butter into a small enamelled saucepan; when it is melted, add four ounces of good toasting cheese, grated, a dust of cayenne and salt, a very tivtie made mustard, and half a teaspoon- ful of sauce. Stir the cheese over a quick fire until it is melted, and then pour it on to small rconds of fried bread; scatter some browned crumbs over the top and serve hot. TWO MOST AGREEABLE MOUTH WASHES. An excellent mouth wash may be made by diseohrmg a tabieepoonful of prepared borax in pint of hot water. Before the water is quite cold add a tea&poonfu! of spirits of camphor and a teaspoonful of tincture of myrrh. A wine- glassful or more of this should be used to rinse 4 he mouth night, and morning. Another good mouth wash may be made by putting a table- spoonful of prepa-red borax and a drachm of camphor into a decanter containing about a pint and a half of eold or warm water.' The clear liquid may be used to rinse the mouth with, and more water added as required, until all the borax and oarophor are dissolved. The exces of camphor will float on the top, and the excess of borax fall to tihe bottom of the decanter, to b* taken up as fre&h water is supplied. LUNG GYMNASTICS. Direot gymnastics for the lungs, to increase their capacity and elasticity, are almost a safe- guard against consumption if taken in time. Dr. Otis advisee people with weak lungs to stand erect in a well-ventilated room, place the lianas on the hips and take long, deep, slow breaths, varying to rhythm, and at times taking short, jerky breaths for variety. The breath should be drawn only through the nose. Better yet, combine the breathing exercises with the setting up drill or other arm exercises. Dr. Otis gives three exercises, to which others might be .added: -1. Slowly raise the arms from the aides until they meet above the head, breathing deeply. Breathe out while slowly lowering. 2. Raise the arms in front; carry them as far back as possible; then down. Breathe as before. 3. Slowly rwe upon the toes, breathing deeply. 4. Ex send the arms in front; carry one leg oack as far as possible. 5. Lie on the back; raise the j arms backwards and over the head, while breathing deeply. People with plenty of lung capacity can stand even bad air without suffer- ing. It is well-known that women whose lung capacity is interfered with by corsets are much trIor. apt to faint in close, ill-ventilated rooms than men. BRUISES. In slight bruises, it will be sufficient to bathe tfee part with warm vinegar, to which a little brandy or rum may be added; and to keep clotns wee with this mixture constantly applied to it. Or take of camphor one drachm, spirit of wine two winces; mix these, and when the camphor is dissolved, add white wine vinegar half a pint. Apply this to the part with linen cloths dipped in it, and keep the cloths wet with the lotion. When a bruise is very vioient the- patisnt ought immediately to be bled, and put under a proper regimen. His food should be liyht and oool; his drink weak, and of an opening nature aswhey sweetened with honey, decoction of tamarinds, barley water with cream of tartar, and suoh like. The bruised part must be baibed with vinegar, as directed above .and a poultioev made by boiling crumbs of bread, «kfc^l6#ers, «md «Mtel*le4<a*«gr9 -in 'egmtf quantities ol ••• r.c-gur s.rd wat»i\ app-i»d to it. This poultice is peoutisyiy proper when a wound is joined to the bruise. It may be rqhewsd two or three times a day. As the structure of the reeeeis is destroyed by a violent bruise, there often ensues an ulcerous sore very difficult to sure. If the bone be affected, the sore will not heal before an axfoliation takes place. Patients in this situation are pestered with different advtees. Everyone who sees them propo; a new remedy, till the sore is so much irritated with various and oppes-ite applications that it is at length rendered absolutely incurable. The best method of managing such sores, is to take care that the patient's constitution does not suffer by eonnnement or improper medicine, and to apply nothing to them beside simple ointment ipr.e.id ur)on Poft lint, over which a pou rice of bread and milk, with boiled camomile-flowers. Nature thus assisted will generally, in time, operate a cure, by throwing off the diseased parts of the bone, after which the sore soon neais. TT-TTVG^ WORTH RE\IPM^ERTN(1 Croaking boots may be aired by soaking the soles in salt and water, and afterwards applying Otl- To treat a- child with convulsions, place him in t hot bath, to which sommustard has been tdded, as quickly as possible. A cloth wrung & of ood water and changed as soon tva it be- comes hit should be wrapped about his head. alter bemg sponged off roll him in a blanket a.nd BY TO induce Heep. If another convulsion 00- RZT repeat the bath. Mai*hle (to dean),-Mix, to the consistency of yream, I)b. of IOda and lib. of whiting in warm gawr. and leave it in the oven all njgbt fjnst to keep it warm): in the morning it will stir into a thick pMte. Well wash the marble with soap and water, then spread the paste over it smooth- ty. qtxite half-an-inch thick, and leave it for 2 bourn then wash it off, and polish it up with a old cloth. The process may need repeat- i! <5ofd lace may easily be cleaned with benzo- i»iw*; the trimm ng should be thoroughly soaked benzoin1*, and while still wet brushed over W a iittie dry plaster of Paris. A small hrmrfi i-t best for this purpose. Then rinse the lace ikg^n 3 fresh supply of benzoliae, and dry it in » *"ft cloth. Extreme cartf' jniwt be 11 oM to ciiiij on this work her- new fcftgbt. Cor Wnwdfre is frifMf intiw—frh i

SCIENCE AND INVENTION. LIQUID OIL FOR FUEL IN RUSSIA. The output of liquid fuel, or masut, and of petroleum by-products, has now become the mam stay -of the petroleum industry in Russia. The annual quantity of masut consumed amounts to no less -than 500,000,000 poods, which, with the extension of the railways, is expected to further increase- to a large extent. Not only in the firing of locomotive boilers liquid fuel is ptaying an important part, but also in connection with the raising of gleam in marine boil ere. As a preliminary all the war vowiels belonging to the Baltic fleet are now fired with liquid fuel, and, it is believed, the whole of the Russian Imperial Navy will even- tually -be converted to the system, according to a gradual procees of transformation. EVAPORATION OF LIQUID AIR. When liquid: zir is evaporated, the nitrogen escapes first, causing the liquid soon to become nearly pure oxygen, u may be demonstrated by the fierce blazing up of a glowing bit of wood plunged into it. Powdered oharcoal saturated with the liquid bums like gTmpowder wben ig- nited,and may be exploded by a detonator cap. A Bavarian chemist, Carl Linde, has been mak- «»g experiments that lead him to believe that we must cbaoge owr views of explosions. He mixed petroleum with an absorbent such as ki&r&lguhr or cork-ooad powder, then saturated it with liquid oxygen, and found that the mix- ture would explode violently even when not confined. In cartridges the effects seemed to be greater than those of blasting gelatins, hither. to regarded as the most powerful explosive. Intonated in 1 large bomb, provided with a r- Stable registering apparatus, the petroleum nd liquid air preparation showed a maximum gas pressure greater than that from bketitg gedatme, and reached it more quickly. MAN AND THE MYLODON. In connection with the question of the re- mams of the large ground sloth, the discovery of whioh in a cave in South Patagonia is exciting so much interest in the soientifio world in rela- tion to the theory that the species still survives in. the forests of that country, a member of the La Plata (Museum Expedition reports that fresh traoks of a large carnivore, Obviously a feline animal, have been seen in the forests in the mountains, not far from Last Hope Inlet, where the remains were discovered. Some very im- portant pieces of evidence, which, at any rate, should go a long way to prove that the mysteri- ous creature was alive subsequent to the advent of man, have. the Birmingham Post says, also been received by Dr. Moreno and deposited by him in the Natural History Museum. They consist of some boring awls made from the bone of the legs of a dog, and were found associated with the -remains of the mylodon. They were out away obliquely, evidently for the purpose of being used as boring instruments. ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY. The problem of utilising atmospheric elec- tricity for practical purposes ever anew tempts experimenters since the days of Franklin, and it is not unlikely iliat tbeir perseverance will ulti- motely be rewarded by success. Of recent years it was above all Prof. Dolbear who. in 1879, experimenting with kites, attracted some attention by establishing the fact that intel- ligible telephone sign&ls could be sent between kite-wires separated by considerable distances. A patent was obtained by, him in 1886 on this method of sending messages, but on the whole his experiments remained without practical results. Lately, however, Prof. Alec. G. McAdie, of the United States Weather Bureau, has resumed kite-experimenting with the view of ascertaining the effect and intensity of atmos- pheric electricity, and iiJ said to be sanguine in anticipating the, utilisation of the electricity oontamed in the air as a motive power, in the very near future. In this view be is supported by Mr. WiHiam A. Eddy, who, moreover, ap- pears to have obtained already some practical reauits as far as wireless telegraphy is concerned. This experimenter has come to the condwion that a late-wire would be far better adapted to catching electrical oscillations in the atmosphere, than Marconi's wires attached to poles driven in the ground. He, moreover, claims that if the two vertical points of sending and reception extend high enough in the air, enough electri- city will be ned from the atmosphere, even in a clear ky, to do away with the batteries now used. He .,hw dswsed a spark in f apparatus which, When attached to a kite and sent up four or five hundred feet oan be made to emit sparks by means of wtmospherio electricity, at one second intervals, or even more raimfty, and beReves. tbak this migfet geouøly be used for war-signafling. THE CAUSES OF INSANITY. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane, Dr. douston made some remarks concerning the causes of in- sanity which are worthy of note, cutting as they do at the root of the popular modern notion that worry is at the 'bottom of most of the nervous troubles of the present day. He held, on the contrary, that purely mental and moral causes played a comparatively small part in the pro- duction of insanity, as compared with causes whiah were bodily and physical. In only lli per cent. of the cases they had had to deal with had trouble and anxiety or mental shock pro- duced the disease. The remainder of the great mass of the cases were due to eauses acting on the brain through the ibody-.iliak, faulty de- velopment, gross brain disease, strong hereditary predisposition, child bearing, and suchlike causes; and as showing how mental troubles were caused by bodily disease, he sa;d that the recent epidemio of influenza had oaused more insanity than all the public and private anxiety in con- nection with the war. These remarks have a very definite bearing on preventive measures. Without doubt the present generation is apt to coddle its nerves, and almost to plume it serf on the delicacy of its organisation. It k widely held that so great is the influence of worry in the production of nerve disease that those prone to nervous breakdown should be it. every way protected from irritating and disturbing influ- ences. The medical profeseion is not entirely without blame in this matter. The phrase. it is worry, not work, that kills," has received high and wide professional sanction, and it is to be feared that we are far too ready to prescribe a placid mental tife rather than a rig;d bod.ly regimen. But we cannot get out of the old philosophical dictum which stims up so much in the few words, "mens sana in corpore sano," and we find the spirit of the old adage breathing in what Dr. Clouston says about the bediiy ori- gin of so much of the insanity which we meet with on every hand. He says that the only two great methods to lessen the nervous disturbances in oivilised societies are m to live according to physiological and moral law, and (2) to arrange suitable marriages. VENTILATION. A good deal of discussion has lately taken place in regard to fbe question wbeithc- in arranging for the vsntilaition of a living room or a hospital warf, itri*hfrttfd bft «ade to leave the apartment i-4 the top or the bottom. a matter which is of considerable importance in the planning of a building. The problem of ventilation in this climate is dominated by two f act*-first,that wbemerer the we-ather is such as to prevent the free opening of windows the air within the room is warmer and lighter than the air outside, and therefore ierds to flot.t sway upwards and, second, that in our climate fbe outer air is practically always in motion, and that the effect of wind is to give rise to an up-draught in all chimneys and vcnti'atir.ij tubes across which it blow. -T,u-m W !J t one may call the natural tendency is for th < air within the room to escape into iho air outside in an upward direction, and it i-s clenr titat in any arrangement for making the "Am air escape at the bottom of the room instead of at the top some compelling force must be em- ployed to overcome this tendency, which is impressed upon it by physical laws. That be- ing so it is for those who advocate..strong reasons for a plan which involves stieh an :x- pendrture of energy. and of that whioii in this word sets energy in motion, .n3.meI:v. monev. The nearest approach to ..1. theoretically perfect system is tshai in-whiob tlie n:-h;r:ij tendency of the expired air to float upwiros is least interfered with that. namely, in tthich the air escapes by outlets at the top of the room. If then we put out of present, considera- tion the plenum systwm as be-m only rpouixite in special circumstances, we cannot doub that the most complete and satisfactory form of ventMarfcion for hospitals and livimf-roo is is that'Thich combines open fireplaces with the wanning of the incomiug air. its-re. vll at the le.vel of the cerlin?, and the provision of air\rigerneots for perflation from wrndoiv to window whenever the weather will allow of it. Happmess is not perfected till it is shared. True union--the union which fuses without destroying the separate, sacred personality—is only possible in the divine life of the God created soul; in God alone is the miracle of that union accomplisbod.-U. A. Taylor. The world as it is is the world as God sees it, not as we see it. Our vision is distorted, not so much fby the limitations of finitude, as by sin and ignorance. The more we can raise our. selves in the scale of being, the more will our ideas about God and the world correspond to tt« psalily.—W, St. €a«s.

GARNERED GLEANINGS, PLOUGHING WITH A TEAM OF CAMELS. A rich landed proprietor of [Prussia has con- ceived the idea of using camels instead of horses in working his land. The experiment of attach- ing camels to ploughs has. it is stated, exceeded all expectations. A camel does the work of two and sometimes three horses, and its keep costs less than that of a single horse. Other German agriculturists are to follow suit, especially since it has been stated that the camels do not suffer from the change'of climate. MR. PINERO AT WORK. In Cassell'e Magazine" Mr. Malcolm C. Salaman describes the dramatist at work:—Like II the true impressionist painter, he must actually see the thing he is to depict. When "The Seoond Mre. Tanqueray was developed in his mind, I remember his walking about for two or three days in the neighbourhood of the Albany, and one evening be was quite jubilant. I've seen Aubrey Tanqueray's chambers in the Albany." Once he had realised the man in bis dwelling-place he felt he could begin to write the play, and then he set about constructing the first act. With the scenes of the latter acts he was already familiar, for he bad actually dwelt for several months in that very house, Higher- coombe, near Willowmere" (otherwise Hasle- mere). "Surrey," when Paula worked out her life tragedy; while Mrs. Cortelyon's ihouse, whose chimneys Paula could see, was the identi- cal house in which Mrs. Humphrey Ward was then living. Pinero is as punctilious in regard to truth of local atmosphere as the most vivid novelists of our day, and you will find it a@ faith- fully studied in his plays as in the stories of Meredith, Hardy, or Kipling. He will travel far to make himself master of his scene and its atmosphere. Onoe he has thoroughly realised it. he makes a pictorial sketch for the guidance of the scene painter, as weli as a ground plan, with every detail and every piece of furniture duly marked in its exact position, and from this no departure is ever made when the piece is put upon the stage. With this, scene-plan always before him while he is writing the act, Mr. Pinero's masterly aureness of stage-craft enables him to arrange definitely every move- ment and position of the persons in the play, and this .arrangement, elaborately described in detail in the MS., is always exactly followed in representation. When Mr. Pinero has made a little progress with the dialogue, and the play begins to shape clearly in his mind, he will probably escape from London, where, of course, the finds it difficult to elude all the social and professional penalties of his distinguished posi- tion, and he will seek seclusion for uninterrupted work either on the sea coast of Kent, Sussex, or Suffolk, or in some quiet Worcestershire village. Few of his plays have been written wholly in London. LAWS MADE FOR BOYS. JPerhaps the most remarkable of all laws made for boys (says a writer in Chums") exists in Heligoland, a little island about a mile across, which England gave to Germany some nine years ago iti exchange for some land and right of way in Africa. Here no boy under the age of sixteen is allowed to enter a publio- house for any purpose whatever. That in itself is not remarkable, as the same law exists else- where, but the law goes on to forbid any boy under sixteen to enter a theatre! The panto- mime season must be a very sad time for the children of Heligoland. And New York, according to a recent case, has a similar theatre law in operation. The City of Roanoke, in Virginia, is very anxious that the morals of its boys should not be corrupted, and the City Council has recently passed a law providing that all boys and girls under «teteen years of age must be in the house at nine, o'clock at night, and must not go out alone again. In the winter months the latest hour at which they are to be allowed in the streets alone is eight. Another clause enacts, too, that no pro- ceedings will be taken if the boy has a written permission from his parent or guardian to be lout, but unless he has that permission, or is Marching for a doctor, the boy who is out after the hours mentioned runs the risk of 'being arrested and his parents fined. It seems incredible that there should be a law any- where forbidding boys to accept what is freely offered to them, but boys under sixteen in {Norway are strictly forbidden to accept cigar- ettes from anybody, either as a gift or in ex- change for payment. The enactment is part ;of a wider law governing the relations of boys end tobacco. The sale of tobacco to boys under sixteen is absolutely prohibited, and tobacconists who sell tobacco to such boys are subject to a fine. Tourists are forbidden to offer boys tobacco in any form, and are liable to prosecution if they do so, just as the boy is liable to a fine if he accepts it. Even a father is fined, if he is known to be guilty of break- ing this law, the object of which is, of course, .to protect the health of the boys of the country. TELEGRAPHING FROM CAIRO TO THE CAPE. The most important article in the "Windsor Magazine is Mr. W. T. Stead's account of the proposed railway from Cape to Cairo. He given some interesting facts concerning the overland telegraph line that Mr. Rhodes is stretching from north to south across the African con- tinent. Some five or six years—time flies when men are building empires—Cecil Rhodes otartled the world with the announcement that be intended to construct an overland telegraph line from the Cape to Cairo. At first men jeered. When he appealed for funds from the public with which to lay down his wires through Central Africa, the Stock Exchange for once was deaf to his appeal. The Mahdist rebellion 'was then in full possession of Khartoum and the Egyptian Soudan. Ever since Gordon's death the vast belt of territory between the Equa- torial lakes and the Nile at Dongola bad been ihermertioaFly sealed against European civilisa- tion. How could Rhodes hope to get his lines through Mahdidom? 'Oh, as to that,' replied Rhodes, with boyish confidence, when the times oomes, I shall know how to square the Mahdi.' People shrugged their Shoulders, and said that the fanaticism of the Mahdi would be proof even against the wealth of Mr. Rhodes. Then other objectors asked how the telegraph poles were to be protected from the white ants, thpse scavengers of Central Africa, to whose teeth nothing is sacred that has not within it the principle of life. Make them of iron,' re- plied Mr. Rhodes. But against the wandering herds of wild elephants what avail will be your iron poles! These huge pachyderms would use the telegraph poles as scratching posts?' We shall see,' was Mr. Rhode's reply. And if you don't subscribe for the Cape to Cairo tele- graph stock, I will And the money myself and go ahead.' Nine-tenths of thf money had to be found by Mr. Rhodes personally. But he is not a man to be baulked in his purpose. He at once began the construction of the Cape tele- graphic system. He has pushed the line north- ward through Bhodeeiato Umtali in Mash ana- land, which is 1,800 miles from the Cape; and is pushing jt on through Nyassaland to tihe southern end of Lake Tanganyika, another 700 miles further north. The total distance to be covered is 6,600 miles. To build the overland line costs from 250 to E100 per mile. Averag- ing it at 275, the total cost of putting up the tele- graph wire across Africa would not be less than £ 5Cf0.000. The cost of upkeep is also muoh Jess for the overland line than for the submarine cable. It may, indeed, be calculated that the cost of maintenance will be largely met by local messages, none of which are, of oourse, at the command of the oable companies. The net result is that. when the overland wire is in work- ing order, Mr. Rhodes will be able to reduce the cost of telegraphy at once from 5s. to 3s. 6d. a word, and earn a good dividend besides. The telegraph potes which carry the Cape to Cairo wire are 18ft. in length. Eighteen go to the mile. As they weigh complete 1131b.. they are made in two sections, one weighing 551b., the other 531b.. each of thes forming a load for a native. The wire is galvanised iron, and so far it has been respected by the natives. Even the Matabele wire, the white man's wire that talks,' was seldom interfered with by the rebels. All the poles are of British manufacture. Those in Rhodesia have been brought up from the Cape. Those in Nyassaland came in via Chinde, at the mouth of the Zambesi. The northem section will be supplied by the Nile, while for central portion Mr. Rhodes hopes that the Uganda railway will be opened in time for him to avail himself of the transport."

-=.=:==- She: Why do married men live longer than single ones?" He: "They don't; it only seems low,r The Lady of the House: Why don't you go to work? Don't you know that a rolling stone gathers no moos?" Tramp: "Madam, not to evade your question at all, but merely to obtain information, may I ask of what practical utility moss is to a man in mv condition 1" Affectation is an awkward -Md forced imita- tion of what should be genuine and .easy, want- ing the beau y that accompanies what is natural. —John Looke. As our body, while consisting of tnany mem- bers, is yet an organism which is held together by one lOu, so the universe is to be thought of as an immense living being which is upheld by $be power «fcd tbe Vhvd of God. CNpw

[ THOUGHTS FROM GREAT MINDS. I Excel in things most exceHent.—Epicteittie. r Pviise undeserved is scandal in disguise.- fJIP. CVidren need models rather than cntics.— Joub?rt. A learned man is a tank; a wise man is a pring,W. R. Alger. He who is ashamed of asking, is ashamed of learning.—Arnim. "The older I am, said Habit, "the longer I ihall live. "-Scott O'Connor. Evory visible and invisible creature is a theo- ib-nv or appearance of God.—Erigena. Such &s men themselves are, such will God Hi :r; self seem to them to be.—John Smith. Patience is that virtue which quaLfieth us to bear all conditions and all events, by God's dis- posal incident to IM, with such apprehensions and persuasions of mind, such dispositions and affections of heart, such external deportments and practiees of life, as God requireth and good reason directeth. -Barrow. There are, within the range of every man's life, processes of mind which must be solitary; parages of duty which throw him absolutely upon his indivt-ual moral forces, and admit of no aid whatever from another. Alone we must stand sometime*- and if our better nature is not to shrink into weakness, we must take with us the thought wh.ch was the strength of Christ: Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with Me.Wa,rtineau. True religious worship does not exist in the acknowledgement of a greatness which is esti- mated by comparison, but rather in the sense or a Being who surpasses all comparison, because He gives to phenomenal existences the only reality they can know. Hence the deepest reli- gious feeling necessarily shrinks from thinking uf G.,d as a kind of gigantic Self amidst a host ol minor selves. The very thought of such a thing is a mockery of the profoundest devotion. —J. A. Picton. Thanks be to the Infinite Life, some souls are still and free; Some spirits untrammelled; unbending their knees; Like the oak of the mountain, deep-rooted and firm, Erect when the multitude bends to the storm; When traitors to Freedom, to Truth and to God Are bowed to their idols with fraud: When recreant souls have forgotten their trust, When Truth, Love and Justice lie low in the dust; 'Tis then that brave souk from their shackles have broken; Tis then that brave souls for Freedom have spoken 1 Haynes. Love is the only bow on life's dark cloud. It is the morniug and evening star. It shines upon the babe and sheds its radiance on the quiet tomb. It is the mother of art, inspirer of poet, patriot and philosopher. It is the air and light of every heart; builder of every home, kindler of every are on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody—for musie is the voice of love. Love is the magician, the enohanter, that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of the wondrous flower, the heart. and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it earth is heaven, and we are gods.—Ingersoll. Soma distinguished men once amused them- selves with the insoluble problem, "Which are the best hundred books?" I say insoluble, be- cause to my mind the best book for any man is that in which he takes most interest: and all men's powers and tastes vary indefinitely, and there is no povrer and no taste which may not be stimulated by reading, so the suitability of books depends upon the idiosyncrasy of the reader. Whichever rouses his mind most, and commands his sympathies most powerfully, is in all probability the best for him. Literature represents all the reasonings, and feelings, and passions of oivilised men in all ages. As Cole- ridge says- All thoughts, all passions, all desires. Whatever stirs this mortal frame; All are but ministers of love, And feed bis saored flame. We may apply the words to genius. To select any particular variety as best for all is as absurd as to say that every man ought to be a priest, or that every man ought to be a soldier. But thia I may say—Take bold anywhere, read what you really like, and not what someone tells you that you ought to like.' Let yonr reading be part of your lives.—Leslie Stephen. Paul contrast1* Love with prophecy. He con- trasts it with mysteries. He contrasts it with faith. He contrasts it with charity. Why is Love greater than faah? Because the end is greater than the means. And why is it greater than charity? Because the whole is greater than tha part. Love is greater than faith, be- ettui3 the end is greater than the means. Wiuct is the use of having faith? It is to connect the out with God. And what is the object of connecting mac with God? dlwt be may be- come like God. But God is Love. Hence Faith, the means, is in order to Love, ths end. Love, therefore, obviously is greater tban faith. It is greater thai? charity, again, Jbeoaus<; the It is greater ths.9 charity, again, Jbeoaus<; the whole is greater than a part. Charitv is only a little bit of Love, one of the innumerable avenues of Love, and there may even be, and there is, a great deal of charity without Love. It is a very easy thing to toss a copper to a beggar on the street; it is generally an easier thing than not to do it. Yet Love is just as often in the withholding. We purchase relief from the sympathetic feelings aroused by the spectacle of misery, at the copper's cost. It is too choo cheap for u% and often too dear for the beggar. If we readiy loved him we would either do more for him, or leas.—Henry Drummond. Do not fall into the habit of expecting calls and impulses of a distinctly preternatural, miraculous, magical sort at your decisive stops in hfe. So live that the faculties that God gave you to read His will may be pure and fit for their work. If your eye be single your body will be full of light. Obedience is the secret of just judgment in the will of God. Learn the habit of worshipping Christ im spirit and in truth. That k the school and practice for that judgment which sees God's will, kindles to it, follows it, perceives it for others, and makes you a guide, antagonist, and helper to thsir weakness. There are many great cases in h. Itoj, where sanctity has given a penetration of judgment which baffled policy and puzzled slwewdness- And in the great affairs of the world the right judgment in the long run will reside with the men or the church that beat succeeds in holiness, in fine aiad deep obedience. The key of life and the command of history is with those wno obey—and who obey not only in practice but in soul, not only in work but in worship, communion, trust. Dwell much with God and you jtoquire God's habit of mind. Then take your honest share in the world, and you learn to read the world witik God's eye. Go into action, and you perfect yourself by practice in the art of interpreting God's guid- ance for life. The very mistakes of people like tht are worth more than the .successes of worldly wisdom. It is better to go wrong in trying to read and do God's will tban to go right upon the lower levels where God's wtK Via no plaoa.—Dr. Forsyth, MA.. Via no plaea.-Dr. Forsyth, M.A.. God is in His world. We have always been say. ing something of the kind, but have we really W:«ved it? Of courso we have used a large word which was supposed to convey this mean- ing—Omnipresence—-but it was a metaphysical conception it represented to us no reality. Or, if we gave any definite meaning to it, it signi- fied to us a spiritual presence hovermg over the world like an atmosphere. But the meaning which is conveyed by the phrase, God in His world," is vastly larger than this. We now begin to understand that God did not make the world six thousand years ago—installing then a system of laws and forces, and s:nce thn, in Carlyle's words, sitting on the out- side of His universe and seeing it go." We realise that Hi, creation is rather a continuous process going on as mightily and miraculously before our eyes to-day as it ever was in any crea- tion morning; that the whole world is alive in every part with God. All the things that we can see and know in the course of our life in this world," says MI. John Fiske, "are so in- timately woven together that nothing conld be left out withont reducing the whole marvellous scheme to chaos. Whatever else may be true, the conviction is brought home t-o us that in all this endless multifariousness there is one single principle at work, that all is tend.ng toward an end that was involved from the very beginning, if we can speak of beginnings and ends where the 4 process is eternal. The whole universe is animated by a single principle of life. and what- eve- we may see in it, whether to our half-trained understanding and narrow experience it may soou to be good or bad, is an indispensable part of the stupendous scheme."—Washington Glad- den, D. D, It thou wishest to search out the deep things of God, search out the depths of thine own spirit.—Victor. Love's a mighty Lord, And hath so humbled me, as I confess I There is no woe to his correction. Not to hi* semes no such joy on >

ALL BRITAIN IS TALKING of the great cures which are day after day being effected b, Dr. Williams' Pink Pille for Pale People. In every large Town, in nearly every Village and Hamlet, live Once Hopeless Invalids, Lifelong Cripples, Weak, Weary Sufferers who, to the surprise of the neighbours, have grown Active, Well, and Strong. And all Britain is saying that if these severe cases, these sufferers whose sad state was known to everyone, have been, as by magic, cured, much more will the minor aliments of life yield to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.

Consumption in Soatli Wales I A YOUNG WOMAN S LIFE SAVED. j A reporter of the "South Wales Daily Star" was lately commissioned to make in- quiries into the case of Miss Marv Rebecca Da vies, of 28, Grove street, Trecelyn, New- bridsro. t "My daughter was at school when we first I noticed that she was not well," said Mrs Davies. "She had been attending Crumlin School, and we kept her on there with the intention of making a teacher of her, and I that's what she would have been but for her iliness. Well, she began to lose her appe- tite, get weak, and looked pale. We had to keep her at home, but she got worse and I worse. We had a doctor to her, but she got weaker and weaker, and by-and-by we bad to put her to bed. Altogether she was ill I for two or three years, but it was not until she got. very bad that she had to take to bed. Doctors said at first it was anaemia she had. They did everything they possibly couid for her, and were very kind, but she got so pale that you never saw anyone such a. colour, and wasted away to a shadow. She could not retain any food, and was only kept alive j on brandy and milk. She was evidently dying of consumption. One morning we heard a fall in the room, and her little sister j called out, -'Come quick, father! 'Becca's dead!' We ran in, and there she was on the floor just like dead. Her father picked her up, and her eyes were fixed, and there was no sign of life we thought it was all over. She had burst a blood vessel, and' lost about two quarts of blood. She had two attacks ilke that, and the doctor did everything he possibly could for her, trying different kinds of medicine. But she got worse and worse, until she looked like a. very corpse, j No one could be worse and live." "She looks all right now," said the reo pCTter. "She has got plenty of colour, and no signs of consumption about her. What was the cause of the miraculous recovery?" "She owes her life to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People," answered Mrs Da- vies. "It was like raising her out of the glne. Her father heard about them at his work, and we agreed to try a box. We put aside all other medicine, so as to give a fair trial to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I used to pour away a little of the medicine every day, but of course I did not say any- thing about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. We followed the directions on the box exactly. Almost at once we noticed that she was a little better, and after finishing the first box. there was a decided improvement. She began to take her food. With the second box she got out of bed for a little while. We kept on giving her the pills, and the doctor said, I think the medicine is doing her good.' She had not had any medicine then for some time. She took seven boxes iu all, and now you can see for yourself she is as well as ever, and can do any kind of work. We were able to put her,to a trade. diessmaking- She was abletogjt about in sJx or seven weeks after commencing Dr. Williams' Pills. The people could not un- derstand it, nor could the doctors. That was two or three years ago. So you see that the cure is a permanent one. She has been quite well since, except that on one occasion she seemed a bit pale, so we got another box of Dr. Williams' Pills, and they soon made her bright again. She has not taken any since. Soon after she was cured the people would say, 'I don't knew your daughter. What a difference, I never 1 hought to see her looking like that,' she

A Rhnldlan Gentleman's Sad Death. On Saturday afternoon Mr Lt Jones, the deputy coroner for Flintshire, held an in- quest in the Town Hall, Rhyl, on the body of Mr George Bromley, Beechwood road, Rhyl, whose body was found in the River Clwyd at Rhuddlan on Good Friday. The fatality caused considerable sensation in the district, where the deceased was well known. Robert Vaughan, a labourer, said he saw deceased, who hp-rl a basket, rod and line, looked so well, you see. We think the world of Dr. Williams' Pills. They are sold fr." 2s 9d a box, but I think they are really > ■ rth 2s 9d each pill."

BARRY MANS LONG LIST OF TROUBLES RELIEVED. Mr Enoch Langmaid, of 37, Burlington street, Barry Docks, is sixty-eight yetars of age, yet he is one of the most vigorous and hardworking of the large army of stone- masons employed by Messrs Price and Wills, contractors, at the Alps Quarry, near Weo- voe. "I have been a strong healthy man all my life, scarcely ever knowing what a dav's illness was," this was the burden of a conversation which Mr Langmaid hiad with a reporter of the "Barry Dock News," who asked him to what causes he attributed his hearty vigour. "As I have said, Mr Langmaid observed, have scarcely ever known what it was to take a bottle of medicine, until last year. It was about this time twelvemonth I had a violent attack of diphtheria and heart dis- ease, and was laid low for about. five months, and, although my medical attendant did all he could for me, I could not get rid of the effects of the attack, and things were begin- ning to look black with me. My general condition was very bad indeed. The con- tinual palpitation of my heart made me very weak and nervous. A peculiar giddi- ness constantly came over me, and with a continual trembling I could not even stand upright, so that I began to feel for the first time in my life that I was getting to be an old man. My appetite was so completely gone that I could not eat even as much as a baby, and the effects of the diphtheria left me a complete skeleton. One day a little book about Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People was dropped into the letter-box at our front door. I read it carefully, found the description of a case which was an exact parallel with my own, and I at once de- termined to try a box. I did so, and the result was simply marvellous. After the first dose or two I began to feel my strength and appetite returning, and after the sixth dose I sat down to one of the heartiest meals I have ever partaken of. I cannot extol Dr Williams' Pink Pills too highly— they have worked wonders for me. I had only taken one box before I returned to work-and you know, Mr Langmaid added to the Pressman, "what it means to work at the Alps Quarry every day, and be obliged to travel five miles to and from work morning and evening. I have taken the pills off and on since, but only occasionally when I felt I wanted something to pick me up. I have told many of my neighbours and friends what they have done for me, and I would have it put in the papetrs too, if I could afford it." "Well, I will write up what you say, Mr Langmaid," suggested the reporter, "and have it published in the 'Barry Dock News,' if you do not object." "No, I certainly do not object. I shall be very glad, for many who are suffering like I did may see it in the papers, and it may, perhaps, be the means of restoring them to good health too."

NOT ONE, BUT THOUSANDS. In Wales great attention is being at- tracted to the numerous cores that have been reported in the newspapers from the use of Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Paid People, which include over thirty-one thousand cases of ansemia, general weakness, loss of ap- petite, palpitation, shortness of breath, early defcay, all forms of female weakness, after-effects of influenza, hysteria, paralysis, rickets, loeomctor ataxy, rheumatism, sciatica, scrofula, chronic erysipelas, con- sumption of the bowels and lungs. These pills are not a purgative, and contain nothing that could iniure the most delicate. They are genuine only with the full name, Dr Wil- liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and are scld by Dr Williams' Medicine Company, Holborn Viaduct, London, E.C., at 2s 9d a box, or six boxes for 13s 9d post free. They invigorate the system after overwork, worry, and indiscretion of living.